this deck seems to do broken things, Winota will trigger as many times as the mount of non-human creatures attacking !
I think playing 16 Humans minimum (incl. Winota) is fine, and the deck must be able to win games without her.
I propose a variant amongst others, which includes a good ol' fav of mine, Arashin Foremost and its fellow warriors :
I'm playing a Boros soldier version and it's working really fine. I´m trying to center also the deck (besides winota) in preeminent captain which can function as a backup plan. The bad thing is that in pioneer there is no soldier lord (hope wizards print anything to solve that).
If you are interested I can post it.
The problem I see with Arashin Foremost is that you need that the other warrior trample (and have a high damage ratio) ir order of being able to kill in one attack. I see you are using goblin rabblemaster and goblin piledriver as creatures with high attack ratio and legion loyalist to give them trample (but I think you would need more trample here to ensure you are passing opponents defenses every single time). The embercleave can help here also, but I also don't like the clause in rabblemaster making every of your gobbos having to attack each turn because sometimes they are going to die before being used profitably with winota, isn't it?
Anyways I'm going to test your list also to see what happens. It seems to be funny
Not super crazy about the prospect of putting four uncastable cards in what is otherwise an aggro deck, especially since Bomat Courier is the only way to get them out of your hand. Not having any sort of burn also makes this a lot less scary than some of the other red aggro decks in the format.
Hi,
I tested your list yesterday against bant spirits and it did not work good (at least as good as I expected). My list worked better against that deck (although my list is not perfect and think can be improved a lot).
this deck seems to do broken things, Winota will trigger as many times as the mount of non-human creatures attacking !
I think playing 16 Humans minimum (incl. Winota) is fine, and the deck must be able to win games without her.
I propose a variant amongst others, which includes a good ol' fav of mine, Arashin Foremost and its fellow warriors :
4 Agent of Treachery
4 Angrath's Marauders
4 Arashin Foremost
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Goblin Piledriver
4 Goblin Cratermaker
4 Legion Loyalist
2 Foundry Street denizen
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Battlefield Forge
3 Clifftop Retreat
1 Castle Embereth
4 Mountain
3 Plains
The list is all-in for now. The bestiary is rather wide, so feel free to propose other variants and a feedback on your testing !
So I've been refining the Warrior variant and got way better results with something in between Atarka Red and a top end Winota :
4 Agent of Treachery
4 Arashin Foremost
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Reckless Bushwhacker
2 Goblin Piledriver
2 Goblin Cratermaker
3 Legion Loyalist
1 Zurgo Bellstriker
4 Bomat Courier
1 Shadowspear
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Battlefield Forge
2 Clifftop Retreat
1 Castle Embereth
1 Castle Ardenvale
4 Mountain
2 Plains
If you are interested I can post it.
The problem I see with Arashin Foremost is that you need that the other warrior trample (and have a high damage ratio) ir order of being able to kill in one attack. I see you are using goblin rabblemaster and goblin piledriver as creatures with high attack ratio and legion loyalist to give them trample (but I think you would need more trample here to ensure you are passing opponents defenses every single time). The embercleave can help here also, but I also don't like the clause in rabblemaster making every of your gobbos having to attack each turn because sometimes they are going to die before being used profitably with winota, isn't it?
Anyways I'm going to test your list also to see what happens. It seems to be funny
I tested your list yesterday against bant spirits and it did not work good (at least as good as I expected). My list worked better against that deck (although my list is not perfect and think can be improved a lot).
For reference I'm playing:
4 Adanto Vanguard
4 Precinct Captain
3 Response\Resurgence
4 Raise the alarm
4 Preeminent Captain
4 Benalish Marshal
4 Ampryn Tactician
4 Winota, Joiner of forces
1 Embercleave
1 Divine Visitation
1 Angrath's Marauders
1 Haktos the Unscarred
4 inspiring vantage
4 clifftop retreat
4 Sacred Foundry
2 Nykhtos, Shrine to nyx
3 Shefet Dunes
3 Plains
1 Mountain
Anyways I'm trying to improve a bit more the deck because I like it a lot and think that there is potential here!